Posted on 05/28/2025 1:13:10 AM PDT by Libloather
Shawn Kemp, who spent the majority of his NBA career with the Seattle SuperSonics, entered a guilty plea in the 2023 shooting outside the Tacoma Mall in Washington state.
The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office confirmed that Kemp admitted to second-degree assault in the incident. The six-time NBA All-Star initially faced charges for first-degree assault with a firearm. Prosecutors later tacked on a second count of first-degree assault and a charge of drive-by shooting.
If he had been convicted on the original charges, the 55-year-old could have been up against a considerably longer prison sentence. Tacoma police received a call stating shots were fired from a passerby's vehicle in the parking lot of the Tacoma Mall, FOX 13 reported in March 2023.
The former NBA center reportedly claimed property was stolen from his car and he tracked his iPhone to the Tacoma Mall.
A source close to Kemp said when the retired NBA player approached the vehicle, a suspect shot at him, and he fired back in self-defense. Police said nobody was injured in the shooting.
Two individuals inside the car remain in police custody on unrelated charges.
Video of the incident was shared on social media. Some of the video footage appeared to contradict Kemp's account of the events in question.
Kemp still faces the possibility of prison time. A second-degree assault in Washington carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 22.
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Seattle...they’ll let him walk with no probation.
Shocking! Kemp has something like 10 kids with 9 different women last I heard.
“If he had been convicted on the original charges, the 55-year-old could have been up against a considerably longer prison sentence.”
“ Prosecutors later tacked on a second count of first-degree assault and a charge of drive-by shooting.”
So, they “tacked on” a second charge, which allowed him a lighter sentence?
Sounds like a lesser charge to reduce his sentence to me.
Boy these people just can’t stop gangsterin.
You can take the……ah hell yall finish it up
I didn’t remember if Kemp was black or white...got a white sounding name for sure. So I was stuck with the image of a redneck tracking down his truck and getting into a situation. But. Nope.
The commercials weren’t worth the wait to see the video.
Someone probably stole his parking space....
I remember back in the 1980s going to the mall between Thanksgiving and Christmas and having to drive around sometimes just to find a parking spot.
Now, I can not actually remember the last time I went to the mall. There are two within a 45 minute drive from my house too. One is twenty minutes from my office.
He was a great athlete. Pity he has this going on.
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